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San Diego Mesa College
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San Diego Community College District: Chancellor Blocks Professor on Twitter, Dean Asks Professor to Delete Tweet
June 17, 2022
On May 16, 2022, the San Diego Community College District chancellor tweeted about an upcoming event featuring author and activist Alice Walker. After professor Inna Kanevsky replied to the tweet criticizing Walker’s invitation and calling her anti-Semitic, the chancellor blocked Kanevsky’s account. After complaining to her dean that the district was not speaking out against… Read more
You can’t make me unblock you because I quit (Twitter)
June 20, 2022
Last Thursday, FIRE wrote to the San Diego Community College District objecting to its censorship of a professor’s online speech — including the chancellor’s decision to block the professor on Twitter after she criticized plans for author and activist Alice Walker to speak at the chancellor’s investiture ceremony. One day later, the @ChancellorSDCCD Twitter account… Read more
San Diego Community College District chancellor blocks faculty critic on Twitter for complaining about Alice Walker speaking invitation
June 17, 2022
Last month, San Diego Community College District professor Inna Kanevsky replied to a tweet from the district chancellor, criticizing the decision to invite author and activist Alice Walker to speak at the chancellor’s investiture ceremony. Minutes later, the chancellor blocked Kanevsky’s account and told her, “I’m not gonna let you troll me online.” Several days… Read more